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As maternal mortality rates are steadily worsening across California, a CalMatters analysis finds that maternity wards are closing at an alarming rate. -
Hospitals all over California are closing their maternity wards, including in San Diego and Imperial Counties. -
The Oceanside hospital has been diverting ambulances to other medical facilities since declaring an internal emergency on Thursday. -
Tens of thousands of health care workers have ratified a new four-year contract with industry giant Kaiser Permanente following a strike over wages and staffing levels. -
Open enrollment for Covered California is here again, with options to change or start coverage starting in November. -
The family’s federal lawsuit alleges the hospital, working alongside San Diego County investigators, used covert video surveillance to monitor the family. -
The medical community used to think that difference was genetics. But research shows it’s more about unequal health care access. -
While some legal and religious barriers remain in place in the mostly Catholic country, several organizations of “acompañantes,” or volunteers who support women wanting to terminate a pregnancy, feel ready to take the next step. -
October is recognized as Breast Cancer Awareness Month and reminds people to get breast cancer screenings or to donate to breast cancer research and treatment. -
Newsom wants to borrow billions of dollars through a bond to pay for 11,150 new treatment beds. The measure also would overhaul how counties pay for mental and behavioral health programs.
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